Connecticut western news., 1887-02-23
Local News.

Ash Wednesday.
 A good colt wanted; see adv.
 Read Norfolk correspondence. Household goods at private sale; see adv.
 Have you seen the Ivory soap baby in Parsons show window?
 Mrs Hillyer offers to sell or rent her farm in Weatogue; see adv.
 Remember the basket sociable at Geo. P. Strong's next Friday evening, Feb. 9.
 Henry J. Mead wants to rent his farm. He offers the right man good chance-see adv.
 The record shows there has already been twenty-six snow storms the pres ent winter.
 -E. R. Lorrain has taken the con- tract to remodel Ex- Congressman Miles house at Twin Lakes.
 W. < J. Sloane of New York are headquarters for carpets and upholstery goods; see advertisement.
 Now is the time to purchase a de- sirable little homestead for only S350. See Wm. M. Bulls advertisement. Horace c. Beckley was not as we'll the latter part of the week, but has been improving again since Sunday. -C H. Briggs shipped 10 tons of aohacco to New Milford on Monday, ana will ship another car load this week.
 MT. and Mrs D. l.. Freeman went to New Milford last Monday; the for mer to serve as juryman, the latter to visit relatives. -Wm Dudley Rockwell of Ohio, son of the late Milo Rockwell of Canaan Valley, is visiting relatives and old friends in town.
 Samuel Best, we'll known here and at Ashley Falls, has moved from Lower Red Hook to Rock City, N. Y., where his son has bought place.
 A heavy snow storm commenced Friday morning but turned to rain in the afternoon and wound up with ter rife thunder shower in the evening.
 ''Sohmer" & Mathushek Pianos, Estey and Mason & Hamlin Organs rented ol for sale by Capewen the Jeweler, No 3S6 Main street, West Winsted, Conn. Some pulpits hurl their thunder bolts at dancing but they leave it to th' press to denounce church lotteries grab-bags and other species of ortho dox gambling.
 We are indebted to some one for box of cake received by mail, We mis trust it is wedding cake but there is n postmark on the box, and no card ac eompanying it.
 In the year 1920 the steamboat far on the Hudson River was as follows from New York: to West Point, $2.5O to Poughkeepsie, $500; to Hudson S40O; to Albany, $500 Surveyor McArthur has accepted the position of civil engineer on tn Boston & Lowell railroad and has lief .E. M. Rood to finish up the survey o the Konkapot Valley railroad.
 John G. Lawrence of East Canaa brought to the NEWS office last Wednes :, V some Baldwin apples that wer
 tia the autumn of 1885 but wer - tate of preservation.
 linton of Canaan Valle Ward G. B. lac 1e oavo h;rt has a COW which on i ee w 1,- aa ~hs calye died but the COW entirely recover
 J. w. Peet has purchased the PeA dleton place in this village, now occu pied by D. D. Walter. We are told tn price paid was s25OO. Two year ago the same place was sold by Zebe diah Adams, for S2OOO.
 A special communication of Housa tonic Lodge No 61, F. & A. M. will b held on Friday evening, Feb. 2s Work, second degree. The regula communication occurs on Saturda evening Feb. 26, with work on tE \ third degree.
 -"Peculiar people"-those persol who confdentially tell us some nev and then forbid us to publish it, b1 they will walk out of our office and te the same story to everyone they mee and then the public wonder why u editor did not "catch on' to such item.
 e. B. Gardner and family of Go sackie N. Y. visited here from Thursd until Tuesday. C., B. belongs to Ga aan hose company, is not afraid of V ter and during the heavy rain of Ii Friday afternoon he moved his fur ture from the Warner House to Warr McIntyre's, yet he thinks that inste of three moves, one move in the rain worse than any fire we have had in tl village.